Go Ahead Eagles fight to save stunning draw away at wasteful Feyenoord

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a] were looking to build on a decent start to the season - a 1-0 win over neighbours [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sparta-rotterdam/KK4FaFV3/"]Sparta Rotterdam[/a]. Manager [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bronckhorst-giovanni/080VPTJe/"]Giovanni van Bronckhorst[/a] fielded an unchanged XI in his official return to De Kuip, starting with a midfield trio of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zechiel-gjivai/6BQvLBnt/"]Gjivai Zechiel[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vanhoutte-charles/CzsxDvTM/"]Charles Vanhoutte[/a], and captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/valente-luciano/4j2kSvnC/"]Luciano Valente[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diarra-gaoussou/Iy7xS7gt/"]Gaoussou Diarra[/a] kept his starting spot on the left wing.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ueda-ayase/8Ssd0upn/"]Ayase Ueda[/a], last year's Eredivisie top scorer, was the first to get a massive chance at opening the score. Zechiel set the Japanese striker up with an open chance, but Ueda hit it wide on the bounce to keep the two sides level.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/g-a-eagles/hG8POBb8/"]Go Ahead Eagles[/a]' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-rahmouni-yassir/QZsEz5Ls/"]Yassir Salah Rahmouni[/a] picked up a poor pass from goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ernst-tjark/tbbK5T30/"]Tjark Ernst[/a] in midfield and tested the German stopper from distance, hitting the crossbar to send their opponents a big warning.[/p][p][b]Just two minutes later, Gijvai Zechiel scored his first Feyenoord goal after long last, firing in his second attempt from the ground after Ueda blocked the midfielder's initial shot.[/b][/p][embed guid="e90a10c2-aa39-49d5-84a7-c7bc05fe9435" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2088976247942488489?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Ueda opened his 2026/27 account just minutes later, heading in an inviting cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moussa-anis-hadj/0vqEKboE/"]Anis Hadj Moussa[/a] to double Feyenoord's lead ahead of the break.[/b][/p][p]After Feyenoord's dominant first half - the Rotterdam side attempted 13 shots at goal, compared to the visitors' 4 - Ueda could've made it two for him and three for Feyenoord shortly after half-time, but his shot with the outside of his foot flew wide of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haug-kjetil/2ib9GcWa/"]Kjetil Haug[/a]'s empty net.[/p][p][b]The Japanese international will have wished that he had scored his second as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/flataker-erik/vqermuJ4/"]Erik Flataker[/a] gave Go Ahead Eagles a lifeline, taking advantage of a sleeping Feyenoord backline and chipping the ball over Ernst to reduce Feyenoord's lead to one with half an hour to go.[/b][/p][p]It seemed Go Ahead's time once more when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kramer-joris/hhFOCOfg/"]Joris Kramer[/a] rose highest in a corner, but his header was miraculously cleared off the line and cleared by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/steijn-sem/2FA7LUDO/"]Sem Steijn[/a].[/p][image alt="Stefan Ingi Sigurdarson scores the 2-2 against Feyenoord" id="a685e341-d0af-4ebf-b1ae-02a30bf77888" credit-line="Stanley Gontha, Pro Shots / Alamy / Profimedia" guid="541162e4-faf3-4615-9ab7-312c0b9688df" original-width="1400" original-height="933" /][p][b]The comeback was complete when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sigurdarson-stefan/2FtNxXL2/"]Stefan Ingi Sigurdarson[/a] headed a redirected cross past Ernst with his first touch of the match, just seconds after coming on.[/b][/p][p]It proved to be a scintillating final 10 minutes when substitute Sem Steijn fired a half-volley at Haug and got the 47,000 in De Kuip on their feet, but the Norwegian stopper showed his class with a strong save.[/p][p]It was all Go Ahead Eagles after that, with Richonell Margaret forcing a save out of Ernst and Alfons Sampsted's cross cleared for a corner, all before Mathis Suray hit the crossbar with an incredible strike. Feyenoord raced to the other end and came close to the winner themselves via left-back Mika Marmol, who also hit the crossbar with a fierce shot.[/p][p]The eventful final 15 minutes yielded no winner, but had Feyenoord walk away the losers of the day after squandering a 2-0 lead at home to drop their first points of the season. The Rotterdam giants visit promoted Cambuur next on Sunday, August 23rd, in Leeuwarden.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/feyenoord-8zjySeoN/g-a-eagles-hG8POBb8/?mid=nu0r0J3d"]Check the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="13680f6b-7e73-4787-8216-07f755ff703b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="594b6e21-6372-4dc9-9d90-3088fa864997" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]